The pre-trade checklist and Log Anyway
Why the checklist opens before every trade, required vs. optional rules, and what Broken means.
Every Log Trade starts with your Pre-Trade Checklist ā the rules from Checklist & Rules. It's the moment to stop and check your plan before you enter.
Tick your rules
Tick every rule your setup meets. The counter shows how many are met, and All required rules met when you're good.
- Required rules must be ticked ā or overridden with a reason.
- Optional rules are reminders only.
Ticks you made on the Dashboard checklist earlier the same day are already there.
Click Continue to Log Trade.
Log Anyway
If a required rule isn't met and you still want to log the trade, write an Override reason ("Why are you breaking this rule?") and click Log Anyway. The trade is saved as Broken ā "1 of 6 checklist rules not met ā marked as Broken".
Broken trades are how Red Candle shows you what breaking your plan costs: the Journal filter, the Dashboard's Rule adherence, the Plan view of Trading Activity, Most Broken Rules and the AI Review all use it.
When logging is locked
If you turned on Lock logging when a limit is hit and reached your daily trade or loss limit, the checklist shows "Daily loss limit reached ā logging is locked until tomorrow". See Daily limits.